Package: spamassassin Version: 3.2.4-1 Severity: normal
I've been having logs *full* of crap like: May 19 23:27:13 chain spamd[14249]: rules: failed to run NO_DNS_FOR_FROM RBL test, skipping: May 19 23:27:13 chain spamd[14249]: (oops, no id at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 172, <GEN1854> line 99. May 19 23:27:13 chain spamd[14249]: ) May 19 23:27:13 chain spamd[14249]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1854> line 99. May 19 23:27:15 chain last message repeated 5 times May 19 23:27:15 chain spamd[14249]: rules: failed to run __RFC_IGNORANT_ENVFROM RBL test, skipping: May 19 23:27:15 chain spamd[14249]: (oops, no id at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 172, <GEN1854> line 99. May 19 23:27:15 chain spamd[14249]: ) May 19 23:27:18 chain spamd[14538]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:19 chain spamd[14538]: plugin: eval failed: oops, no key at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:19 chain spamd[14538]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:19 chain spamd[14538]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:19 chain spamd[14538]: rules: failed to run DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL RBL test, skipping: May 19 23:27:20 chain spamd[14538]: (oops, no id at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 172, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:20 chain spamd[14538]: ) May 19 23:27:20 chain spamd[14538]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:20 chain spamd[14538]: rules: failed to run NO_DNS_FOR_FROM RBL test, skipping: May 19 23:27:21 chain spamd[14538]: (oops, no id at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 172, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:21 chain spamd[14538]: ) May 19 23:27:21 chain spamd[14542]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:21 chain spamd[14538]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:21 chain spamd[14542]: plugin: eval failed: oops, no key at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:21 chain spamd[14538]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:21 chain spamd[14542]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:22 chain spamd[14538]: rules: failed to run DNS_FROM_DOB RBL test, skipping: May 19 23:27:22 chain spamd[14542]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:22 chain spamd[14538]: (oops, no id at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 172, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:22 chain spamd[14542]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:22 chain spamd[14538]: ) May 19 23:27:22 chain spamd[14542]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:22 chain spamd[14538]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:22 chain spamd[14542]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:23 chain spamd[14538]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:23 chain spamd[14542]: rules: failed to run NO_DNS_FOR_FROM RBL test, skipping: May 19 23:27:23 chain spamd[14538]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:23 chain spamd[14542]: (oops, no id at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 172, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:23 chain spamd[14538]: rules: failed to run __RFC_IGNORANT_ENVFROM RBL test, skipping: May 19 23:27:23 chain spamd[14542]: ) May 19 23:27:23 chain spamd[14538]: (oops, no id at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 172, <GEN1866> line 84. May 19 23:27:23 chain spamd[14542]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:24 chain spamd[14538]: ) May 19 23:27:24 chain spamd[14542]: dns: sendto() failed: Connection refused at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 374, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:25 chain last message repeated 4 times May 19 23:27:25 chain spamd[14542]: rules: failed to run __RFC_IGNORANT_ENVFROM RBL test, skipping: May 19 23:27:25 chain spamd[14542]: (oops, no id at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 172, <GEN1869> line 104. May 19 23:27:25 chain spamd[14542]: ) The issue turned out to be that bind wasn't running on the first server listed in /etc/resolv.conf. The others were fine, though. Seems *excessive*, to put it mildly. -Robin -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.1-dk3 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages spamassassin depends on: pn libarchive-tar-perl <none> (no description available) ii libdigest-sha1-perl 2.11-2+b1 NIST SHA-1 message digest algorith ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.56-1+b1 A collection of modules that parse ii libio-zlib-perl 1.09-1 IO:: style interface to gzip/zlib ii libnet-dns-perl 0.63-1+b1 Perform DNS queries from a Perl sc ii libsocket6-perl 0.20-1 Perl extensions for IPv6 ii libsys-hostname-long-perl 1.4-2 Figure out the long (fully-qualifi ii libwww-perl 5.812-1 WWW client/server library for Perl ii perl 5.10.0-10 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl-modules [libio-zlib-perl 5.10.0-10 Core Perl modules Versions of packages spamassassin recommends: ii gcc 4:4.2.2-2 The GNU C compiler ii gnupg 1.4.6-2.2 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii libc6-dev 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Development Librari ii libmail-spf-perl 2.005-1 Perl implementation of Sender Poli ii libsys-syslog-perl 0.24-1+b1 Perl interface to the UNIX syslog( ii make 3.81-4 The GNU version of the "make" util ii re2c 0.13.3-1 tool for generating fast C-based r ii spamc 3.2.4-1 Client for SpamAssassin spam filte -- debconf information: spamassassin/upgrade/2.40: spamassassin/upgrade/2.40w: spamassassin/upgrade/cancel: Continue spamassassin/upgrade/2.42m: No spamassassin/upgrade/2.42u: No -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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